So, Brody got this thing started and I keep rolling with it.  It’s cool to say nice things about nice folks. Like Blake, for example. Blake’s a super guy, super dad, super bulldog fan, super youth director, and now a super pastor at our church.  Blake’s a super friend, too.  He’s selfless with his time […]

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Long ago and far away, I posted about a weekend. Summer asked me for pictures and I finally figured it out. Well, Blake did. So, enjoy.

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Before I picked up my life and moved it to Colombia, I spent every Thursday night at a little restaurant right outside of Oxford.  I’d leave school, headed toward home, and stop at The Sizzler to wait tables and make some extra money for the week.  It was just a job at first and a chance to […]

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Yes, I really taught all of these children and yes, they really said all of these things. From Mississippi 4th graders “It feels like a fluffy cloud when I hug you.”   Me: “Do you think I could wear your jacket?” cute boy that’s smarter than he realizes:  “Prolly not.” Me: “Why not?” cute boy that’s […]

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My parents have been married for 34 years today.  34 years.  I talked to them both about it yesterday for awhile and am still just amazed.  That is SO LONG.  I told Momma that that was like half of her life and she quickly informed me, “Honey, that it was more than half of my life.”  I […]

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Home for me is a house on a hill in Nowhere, Mississippi. There’s an old Dodge pickup in the driveway that smells like Skoal and sawdust and drives like a dream and pots on the sidewalk with flowers brimming over their sides. My mother is there her hands covered in earth and sweat dripping from […]

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I’ve always loved the water. I love the way that chlorine smells and the feeling my skin has when I finally pull myself onto the pool deck. It feels like it’s been ages since I’ve gotten to swim, but today a friend and I ventured out to the new pool in a park nearby. Now, […]

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I spent the weekend at a teacher’s conference in Cali.  It was good fun and I learned lots, met lots of people, and saw some really fast salsa dancing.  I also played basketball with a crowd of teachers from Colegio Bolivar on Friday afternoon.  They play harder than we play here and there were fewer […]

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A friend asked me a couple of days ago: Is work just work there? Or do you wake up everyday and think “dang, i’m going to work today in Colombia!”  I’ve always thought it would be so neat to live/work in an exotic place but wondered if it gets mundane, too. I read over it […]

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